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' J. J. BASKPIELD.

' HAME. I No. 458,365. Patented Aug. 25; 1891.

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UNITED STATES JOHN J. BASKFIELD, OF BEAVER DAM, YVISCONSIN.

HAME.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 458,355, dated August25, 1891.

Application filed March 9, 1891.

Serial No. 384,211. (No model.)

.To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN J. BASKFIELD, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Beaver Dam, in the county of Dodge, and in the Stateof Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inHame-Adjusters; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description thereof.

My invention relates to hame-adjusters; and it consists in certainpeculiarities of construction and arrangement of parts to be hereinafterdescribed, and pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 represents a longitudinal section of my deviceattached to a hame; Fig. 2, a face view of the same; Fig. 3, a sectionon line 3 3 of Fig. 1; Figs. 4 and 6, sections taken on lines 4 land 55, respectively, of Fig. 3 5 and Fig.6 a section on line 6 6 of Fig. 1.

Referring by letter to the drawings, A represents a hame; B, a ring oreye encircling the upper portion of the same, and O the ordinaryhame-connectin g strap secured to said ring or eye.

D represents a plate, the ends of which are turned over and terminate inprojections or ears E, and extending from the sides of this plate towardthe hame are guide-flanges F, said plate having the same curvature asthe upper portion of said hame and being provided with an elongated slotG, that has lateral marginal recesses H at intervals thereof. Passedthrough this slot G is the shank I of a cross-head J and projectinglaterally from said shank adjacent to the cross-head are lugs K forengagement with the marginal recesses H of said slot.

L is a block working beneath the plate D and intermediate of theguide-flanges F, and extending through one end of this block is anaperture M for the reception of the crosshead shank I, to the end ofwhich is secured a preferably polygonal plate N. The lower portion ofthe block-aperture M is enlarged somewhat to form shoulders 0, saidenlarged portion corresponding in contour with the plate N and beingdesigned to receive the same. Interposed between the plate N and theshoulders O, to surround the cross-head shank I, is a spiral spring P,and the other end of the blockL is cutout to form a groove Q for thereception of the ring or eye B, above described.

In practice my device is secured to the outer side of .a hame, as byrivets or screws a, passed through the projections or ears E, the blockL impinging against the side of said hame, and, as above described, thering or eye B engages the block-groove Q, as best illustrated in Fig.1.

Assuming that the parts are in the position just described and it isdesired to adjust my device so as to be enabled to use the hames inconnection with different-sized collars, the operator catches hold ofthe cross-head J and pulls outward upon the same against the resistanceof the spiral spring P until the lateral lugs K are disengaged from theadjacent marginal recesses H of the plate-slot G, and then saidcross-head, together with the block L, may be slid up or down, accordingto the size of collar to be used in connection with the hames. When thedesired adjustment has been effected, the cross-head J is released andthe expansion of the spring P causes the shank I and said cross-head tobe drawn in toward the adjacent hame to thereby cause a lockingengagement of the lugs K on said shank with the plate-slot recesses thatare then in register therewith.

Having thus described myinvention, WhatI claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination, with ahame, of a guideplate secured upon the outsideof the same and having an elongated slot provided with marginalrecesses, a slide-block provided with a groove and arranged between theguideplate and hame, a spring-controlled cross-head having the shankthereof passed through said plate-slot and engaging the block, lugsprojecting laterally from said cross-head shank for engagement with themarginal recesses of the plate-slot, and a strap-engaging deviceretained in said block-groove, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, withahame, of a plate secured upon the outsidethereof and provided with a longitudinal slot having marginal recessesat certain intervals, guide-flanges projecting inward from the sides ofthe plate, a recessed block adj ustably retained intermetoo 3. Thecombination,with a hame, of a plate having offset ends securedto thehame, guideflanges projectingfrom the sides of the plate toward saidhame, a block adjustable intermediate of the guide-flanges, plate, andhame, a strap-en gaging device carried with the block, and suitablemeans for locking said block in its adjusted position, substantially asset forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand, atBeaver Dam, in the county of Dodge and State of Visconsin, in thepresence of two witnesses.

JOHN J. BASKFIELD.

\Vitnesses:

J. E. MOCLURE, GEO. O. UONGDEN.

